Roaring Marmot
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Holding forth on the things that gladden my heart...or really rip my nightie.
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NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
January 26, 2026 at 6:39 PM
NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
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🧵This was Alex Pretti’s senior picture—Class of 2006 at Green Bay’s Preble High School.
He was an honors student, a three-sport athlete, a Boy Scout and sang in the Green Bay Boy Choir
Went to the University of Minnesota, graduating in 2011 with a bachelor's in biology and the environment.
He was an honors student, a three-sport athlete, a Boy Scout and sang in the Green Bay Boy Choir
Went to the University of Minnesota, graduating in 2011 with a bachelor's in biology and the environment.
January 27, 2026 at 7:21 AM
🧵This was Alex Pretti’s senior picture—Class of 2006 at Green Bay’s Preble High School.
He was an honors student, a three-sport athlete, a Boy Scout and sang in the Green Bay Boy Choir
Went to the University of Minnesota, graduating in 2011 with a bachelor's in biology and the environment.
He was an honors student, a three-sport athlete, a Boy Scout and sang in the Green Bay Boy Choir
Went to the University of Minnesota, graduating in 2011 with a bachelor's in biology and the environment.
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Sexual deepfakes continue to get more sophisticated, capable, easy to access, and perilous for millions of women who are abused with the technology. www.wired.com/story/deepfa...
Deepfake ‘Nudify’ Technology Is Getting Darker—and More Dangerous
Sexual deepfakes continue to get more sophisticated, capable, easy to access, and perilous for millions of women who are abused with the technology.
www.wired.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Sexual deepfakes continue to get more sophisticated, capable, easy to access, and perilous for millions of women who are abused with the technology. www.wired.com/story/deepfa...
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The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
January 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
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My attempt to explain the skepticism Pacific people have of deep sea mining. Please give it a read and a share.
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dcjournal.com/applying-ind...
January 23, 2026 at 2:24 PM
My attempt to explain the skepticism Pacific people have of deep sea mining. Please give it a read and a share.
dcjournal.com/applying-ind...
dcjournal.com/applying-ind...
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It feels appropriate that the best reporting from The Atlantic and The New York Times has been by seasoned war reporters who understand the stakes and, by extension, the need to protect sources or sensitive information.
January 26, 2026 at 1:09 PM
It feels appropriate that the best reporting from The Atlantic and The New York Times has been by seasoned war reporters who understand the stakes and, by extension, the need to protect sources or sensitive information.
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Multiple Republicans have defied Donald Trump by speaking out against the shooting of Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents.
Republicans Break Ranks as Trump Hit With Furious Backlash to Deadly Shooting
GOP lawmakers have called for an investigation into the killing of Alex Pretti.
trib.al
January 26, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Multiple Republicans have defied Donald Trump by speaking out against the shooting of Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents.
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This is actually one of the most troubling ICE stories I’ve seen recently — an eye-popping sign of how corrupt, broken, and racist the internal culture is:
ICE is leaving Vietnam-style death cards in the wake of their kidnappings because they are the saddest, most embarrassing military wannabes to ever live
coloradosun.com/2026/01/23/a...
coloradosun.com/2026/01/23/a...
January 26, 2026 at 11:49 AM
This is actually one of the most troubling ICE stories I’ve seen recently — an eye-popping sign of how corrupt, broken, and racist the internal culture is:
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NEW: 8 men linked to Vinlanders Social Club, a notorious violent racist skinhead group, have been detained for hate crimes.
Police in Charlotte, NC seized 3 members' phones last October after they brought knives and brass knuckles to a pro-Palestine protest. 1/4
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
Police in Charlotte, NC seized 3 members' phones last October after they brought knives and brass knuckles to a pro-Palestine protest. 1/4
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
‘The white man’s coming back’: Eight held over links to resurgent violent skinhead group
Eight men linked to a violent racist skinhead group are in jail in the U.S. South on felony conspiracy charges or awaiting extradition for hate crimes against Jewish and LGBTQ+ targets, Raw Story has ...
www.rawstory.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:13 PM
NEW: 8 men linked to Vinlanders Social Club, a notorious violent racist skinhead group, have been detained for hate crimes.
Police in Charlotte, NC seized 3 members' phones last October after they brought knives and brass knuckles to a pro-Palestine protest. 1/4
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
Police in Charlotte, NC seized 3 members' phones last October after they brought knives and brass knuckles to a pro-Palestine protest. 1/4
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
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Here's a regular white guy (literally "Chad") not a protester. because, "It seemed pointless, or just a way for people to expiate their sense of guilt." Chad witnessed something shattering. And, that all changed in a moment.
Excellent article!
Excellent article!
January 26, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Here's a regular white guy (literally "Chad") not a protester. because, "It seemed pointless, or just a way for people to expiate their sense of guilt." Chad witnessed something shattering. And, that all changed in a moment.
Excellent article!
Excellent article!
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“OUR HUMANITY” is under assault by our own government.
January 26, 2026 at 12:39 PM
“OUR HUMANITY” is under assault by our own government.
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imgaine getting sent packing with your ass in your own two hands by some of the nicest people in the world and then showing up in a city that is famous for booing santa claus
January 26, 2026 at 3:36 AM
imgaine getting sent packing with your ass in your own two hands by some of the nicest people in the world and then showing up in a city that is famous for booing santa claus
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This is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:29 AM
This is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0
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Customs and Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino stunned an analyst on Sunday after what the analyst described as "one of the most Orwellian" Sunday morning interviews in recent memory.
Greg Bovino stuns with 'one of the most Orwellian' Sunday interviews
Customs and Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino stunned an analyst on Sunday after what the analyst described as "one of the most Orwellian" Sunday morning interviews in recent memory. Bovino joined CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union" on Sunday morning, where the two discussed the recent killing...
bit.ly
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Customs and Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino stunned an analyst on Sunday after what the analyst described as "one of the most Orwellian" Sunday morning interviews in recent memory.
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The US ambassador is criticising another country's...health care?!
US Amb to UN Waltz: "Denmark has ignored Greenland from a defense standpoint and they have ignored the Greenlandic native iniut people (…) if you get a cancer diagnosis in Greenland right now, it's darn near a death sentence. Denmark has not invested in the way it should've over the years."
January 26, 2026 at 2:27 AM
The US ambassador is criticising another country's...health care?!
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"PPE is woke" crowd has forgotten the concept of earplugs
Whistles are now WMDs, according to the "high IQ" crowd.
January 25, 2026 at 11:08 PM
"PPE is woke" crowd has forgotten the concept of earplugs
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If a single FBI agent working on the Epstein files has the bravery of the average Minneapolis librarian on ICE-watch...
January 25, 2026 at 11:25 PM
If a single FBI agent working on the Epstein files has the bravery of the average Minneapolis librarian on ICE-watch...
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Since it’s an election year I hope we can talk about how this government is responsible for deliberate withholding of healthcare to make some numbers on a piece of paper look good for their donors
January 25, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Since it’s an election year I hope we can talk about how this government is responsible for deliberate withholding of healthcare to make some numbers on a piece of paper look good for their donors
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👇🎯💯 This is the inescapable conclusion that <everyone> in 🇺🇸 politics & the entire national media cannot bring themselves to make. There is nothing Trump can do at this point to un-disqualify himself, & there are no laws Congress can pass to fix it.
The <only> mechanism is impeachment & removal.
The <only> mechanism is impeachment & removal.
The inescapable conclusion that neither the NYT nor WaPo editorial board can bring themselves to make is that this administration has to end. Its response to these killings—let alone the killings themselves—is obscene and totally disqualifying.
NYT EDITORIAL BOARD:
“.. When the government kills, it has an obligation to demonstrate that it has acted in the public interest. Instead, the Trump administration is once again engaged in a perversion of justice.”
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
“.. When the government kills, it has an obligation to demonstrate that it has acted in the public interest. Instead, the Trump administration is once again engaged in a perversion of justice.”
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
January 26, 2026 at 12:30 AM
👇🎯💯 This is the inescapable conclusion that <everyone> in 🇺🇸 politics & the entire national media cannot bring themselves to make. There is nothing Trump can do at this point to un-disqualify himself, & there are no laws Congress can pass to fix it.
The <only> mechanism is impeachment & removal.
The <only> mechanism is impeachment & removal.
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Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 25, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
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I've been slowly figuring out since this piece in 2006 on the NRA's embrace of the "Castle Doctrine," which legalizes shooting someone if you feel "threatened," is that right-wing Second Amendment rhetoric and jurisprudence has never been universalist in intent...
newrepublic.com/article/1265...
newrepublic.com/article/1265...
A View to a Kill
The NRA’s new cause célèbre
newrepublic.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I've been slowly figuring out since this piece in 2006 on the NRA's embrace of the "Castle Doctrine," which legalizes shooting someone if you feel "threatened," is that right-wing Second Amendment rhetoric and jurisprudence has never been universalist in intent...
newrepublic.com/article/1265...
newrepublic.com/article/1265...
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This apotheosis has been a long time coming. Ronald Reagan was a huge driver of it. Here's a piece of mine about how, when Black people who opposed him starting carrying guns, he came out firmly for gun control...
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
How the NRA Became an Organization for Aspiring Vigilantes (Part 1)
The turn in American firearms culture from the province of sportsman to one of macho revenge fantasies started in the 1960s.
www.thenation.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:12 PM
This apotheosis has been a long time coming. Ronald Reagan was a huge driver of it. Here's a piece of mine about how, when Black people who opposed him starting carrying guns, he came out firmly for gun control...
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
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Let me preface this by saying I'm fine and all I need is ibuprofen, but today I have had:
- an ambulance
- two ECGs
- an x-ray
- four blood tests
over the course of about five hours, on a Sunday, for zero pounds (£0). Thank you, the NHS: everyone should have healthcare this good, free at delivery.
- an ambulance
- two ECGs
- an x-ray
- four blood tests
over the course of about five hours, on a Sunday, for zero pounds (£0). Thank you, the NHS: everyone should have healthcare this good, free at delivery.
January 25, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Let me preface this by saying I'm fine and all I need is ibuprofen, but today I have had:
- an ambulance
- two ECGs
- an x-ray
- four blood tests
over the course of about five hours, on a Sunday, for zero pounds (£0). Thank you, the NHS: everyone should have healthcare this good, free at delivery.
- an ambulance
- two ECGs
- an x-ray
- four blood tests
over the course of about five hours, on a Sunday, for zero pounds (£0). Thank you, the NHS: everyone should have healthcare this good, free at delivery.
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As we grieve for Alex Pretti and Renee Good in MN, please do not forget Victor Manuel Diaz, who died in ICE custody after being taken from here. And all others who have died in their custody.
36-year-old Nicaraguan national Victor Manuel Diaz died in ICE custody on Jan. 14 at Camp East Montana in El Paso.
The Texas Nicaraguan Community on FB reports that his mom last heard from him on Jan. 6, when he told her he was planning to go to Minneapolis to start work in a restaurant. 1/3
The Texas Nicaraguan Community on FB reports that his mom last heard from him on Jan. 6, when he told her he was planning to go to Minneapolis to start work in a restaurant. 1/3
January 25, 2026 at 4:48 AM
As we grieve for Alex Pretti and Renee Good in MN, please do not forget Victor Manuel Diaz, who died in ICE custody after being taken from here. And all others who have died in their custody.